Read Leviticus 20:1-27
Our last reading laid out the practices that were detestable and against God’s desire for his people to be holy. This reading prescribes the punishments for breaking those holiness codes. Most of those penalties are severe, including death, and clearly reveal the seriousness of God’s instructions.
I recognized several of those rules as they show up in the New Testament. The one about adultery made me think of Jesus and how his grace showed up the day a woman was about to be stoned for breaking this law of holiness. The law calls for both individuals to be killed, but in our story from John 8:1-11, only the woman is called out. I’ve always wondered where the man was! Continue reading “Leviticus 20:1-27 – Punishments”
